got a new monitor, trying to reconfig xorg

[John Nielsen]

Quoting Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com>:
> i just brought home new samsung 22" widescreen LCD.  so far, i cannot 
> get xorg
> to take anything other than standard CRT type resolutions, such as 1280x1024.
<snip>
> the first part, seems to be the normal video modes that i would expect to see
> from an i810 graphics card, but then right below that, i see video modes that
> would be preferred on my new monitor (1680x1050) in a section
> called "Supported Future Video Modes".  does this mean there is a chance i
> might see proper resolutions for my new monitor, without upgrading to some
> other video card?
>
> my computer has a 915G:
>
> (II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 915G
> (--) I810(0): Chipset: "915G"

Last I was aware, the i810 was totally dependent on the adapter's video 
BIOS for determining and setting modes. The sysutils/915resolution port 
might be able to help you, but when I was experimenting with it I 
didn't try any widescreen modes.

I do think (again, no references) that work on the i810 driver is 
ongoing, but I don't know any details or ETA's for anything.

JN